DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Summary

The primary purpose of this position is: to perform the duties as the Deputy Director of Personnel (AF/REP), Office of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters United States Air Force, with the director (a General/Flag Officer or equivalent position) the full scope of responsibility for managing the activities of the directorate. **Excepted Service Position - Schedule Policy/Career Position**

Duties

• Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of Directorate Personnel (AF/REP), ensuring that AF/REP complies with legal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs. Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. Represents Office of Air Force Reserve (AF/RE) with a variety of functional area organizations. Establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with a wide variety of internal and external officials. Analyzes and evaluates Service Program Objective Memorandum for compliance with Air Force objectives as it affects the Human Capital Enterprise.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, and Administrative and Management Positions. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-14, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes: (1) Working with Air Force personnel programs and policies that encompass the full personnel life cycle to include recruitment, training, assignments, promotions, separations, recognition, mobilization, and retirements; (2) working with Department of Defense policy development, legislative proposals, and law interpretation to develop force management strategies to meet NDAA end strength requirements; and (3) working with Department of Defense Planning, Programming, and Budget Execution (PPBE), and Air Force mission, policies, and program goals/objectives, and schedules for developing Program Objective Memorandum (POM), Budget Estimate Submissions, and Financial Plans. FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-14 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-15 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Expert knowledge of Air Force personnel programs and policies that encompass the full personnel life cycle to include recruitment, training, assignments, promotions, separations, recognition, mobilization, and retirements. Comprehensive and thorough knowledge and understanding of Department of Defense policy development, legislative proposals, and law interpretation to develop force management strategies to meet NDAA end strength requirements to ensure the AFR has trained forces to meet the National Defense Strategy and Combatant Commander readiness requirements. Knowledge of Department of Defense Planning, Programming, and Budget Execution (PPBE), and Air Force mission, policies, and program goals/objectives, the sequence and timing of key planning events and milestones, and methods of evaluating the effectiveness of planning actions as related to actual events to include procedures, and schedules for developing Program Objective Memorandum (POM), Budget Estimate Submissions, and Financial Plans. Knowledge of OSD and HAF human resource/personnel regulations, practices, and procedures. Ability to provide excellent oral and written communication skills to convey program/project initiatives or frame issues and their alternatives while garnering support and backing for the implementation of initiatives or alternative issues resolution. Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions and supervise, mentor, motivate, and appraise the staff of the organization. Ability to make critical, independent decisions, present and influence top management level decisions, and support and defend decisions to higher level management. PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcripts with the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click here to check accreditation. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

How to apply

The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/11/2026 To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13033937 To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the application questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Application button at the end of the process. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Your Resume. If you submit more than one resume, only the most recent will be reviewed. The "most recent" is considered the resume with the latest timestamp. Resumes may not exceed two pages. The two-page resume ensures the most relevant experience is reviewed and considered, which is a common practice in both the public and private sectors. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. Additional information on how to complete or update your resume may be located here. For qualification determination your resume must contain hours worked per week and dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive consideration for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e. GS-0301-09. Current Federal Civilian Employees may list any relevant performance related rating (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your resume. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your name, first and last, MUST be included on your resume. 2. A complete Application Questionnaire 3. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section). Ensure all submitted documents contain your full name. 4. Help recruiters find you. Make your resume and profile searchable, which means recruiters may contact you about possible jobs. Additional information may be located here. PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources WILL NOT modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant.